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Post by eilonnwy on Sept 15, 2016 20:37:39 GMT -5
We definitely need a book rec thread, I'm trying to read more and I really only want to read fiction now with f/f characters.
So far, I've read The Scorpion Rules and have started Amonite thanks to suggestions from Anandrine. But Eventually I will need more, so please, give me your recs, especially if they're sci-fi/fantasy based.
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Post by lindy on Sept 15, 2016 21:04:06 GMT -5
some recommendations for you: - Planetfall by Emma Newman -- sci-fi
- Trash by Dorothy Alison -- a collection of short stories
- The Warrior's Path by Catherine M Wilson -- high fantasy, it's free on amazon last I checked
- Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson -- dystopia with fantastical elements
- Starstuff by Kaylim-- free sci-fi novella
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Post by LostSlough on Sept 16, 2016 2:33:56 GMT -5
If you haven't read the Ancillary trilogy by Ann Leckie, they're pretty great.
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Post by eilonnwy on Sept 16, 2016 11:08:23 GMT -5
ty for the recs!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 1:44:24 GMT -5
I really enjoyed "The Dark Wife" by Sarah Diemer, also "Fingersmith", "Tipping the Velvet" and "Affinity" by Sarah Waters. The last three are really heart-breaking in some parts,though. GoodReads is a good source for finding books. There are several lists, too. www.goodreads.com/genres/lesbian |
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Post by ash on Sept 17, 2016 4:11:39 GMT -5
like a lot of us, I've been trying to read books mostly by women, especially centring female relationships, and definitely anything by Ali Smith (esp her short stories), Jeanette Winterson, Sarah Waters, Emma Donoghue - but I also super stan for Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (and the following two books, comprising the Southern Reach trilogy) - Annihilation's protag is a woman, and there is an f/f rship, and i just thought it was so beautiful and interesting and cool sci-fi/fantasy. and, reading it, i felt like i have never read a book where a male author was able to so convincingly write a woman. it was a good time
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Post by lindy on Sept 17, 2016 10:29:53 GMT -5
Goodreads can be helpful, but ime it's often just frustrating because sometimes books where the straight protagonist's straight bff has two moms who are barely in the story will end up in the lesbian genre tag for some reason. I haven't been reading a lot at all lately, but here's my 'lesbian-related' goodreads shelf. Over half of it's non fiction, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 12:50:24 GMT -5
Fortunately I've never seen a book like what you described in the lesbian genre, but I mostly use these user-generated lists (my favourite is the "Happy endings" list). There's a LOT of boring stuff to sort through, though. (Like 90% of all lesbian romances seem to be "17 yo So-And-So is perfect with a bf but then she meets this girl and questions everything" it's ridiculous.)
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Post by acadie on Sept 17, 2016 13:00:51 GMT -5
I've been reading a lot of poetry lately and a local woman, Ava Leavall Hamon writes some beautiful, strong poems filled that discuss women and folklore and life in the south. It's sometimes tragic, sometimes voodoo, sometimes beautiful. Meeting her at a poetry festival was like meeting jk Rowling for me (nerd alert)
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Post by Anandrine on Sept 17, 2016 13:58:35 GMT -5
Fortunately I've never seen a book like what you described in the lesbian genre, but I mostly use these user-generated lists (my favourite is the "Happy endings" list). There's a LOT of boring stuff to sort through, though. (Like 90% of all lesbian romances seem to be "17 yo So-And-So is perfect with a bf but then she meets this girl and questions everything" it's ridiculous.) AGH yes that type has gotten so old. those stories should be told, of course, but you're right that it's seriously 90% of what's out there! i'm constantly complaining about how fiction needs more characters who know they are into girls/lesbians from the start. i'll share my goodreads lists/shelves too: i have one for any named secondary lesbian characters, one for books with lesbian main characters, and one for lesbian romance novels. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 14:25:38 GMT -5
AGH yes that type has gotten so old. those stories should be told, of course, but you're right that it's seriously 90% of what's out there! i'm constantly complaining about how fiction needs more characters who know they are into girls/lesbians from the start. I've never or rarely seen any coming out stories about girls who've never had a boyfriend. Whether it's because they knew from the start that they are gay or that they just knew they didn't want any boys, but not that they like girls. I also see that "one of the girls has a bf" on TV or in films. I find it quite alienating tbh. If I were any better at sitting down and writing stories myself like I used to, I'd write some that I'd like to read. Fortunately, Sarah Waters's books don't have women who've had a male partner, but her stories are hardly YA. Also: Nicely sorted shelves! I should organise my books/shelves, too, but I haven't read many lesbian books so far. Back on topic: I've remembered I've read "Sappho's Fables" by... Jennifer and Sarah Diemer I think. It's fairytales retold and it was quite entertaining. I'd count it as fantasy fiction. |
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